In a time when the internet is all the craze, illegal downloads of songs is becoming big business. Business the recording industry would like to keep to itself. Remember Napster? Yes, the site that got shut down thanks to Metallica's lawsuit. Since then a million and one PTP file trading sites have popped up around the place. Not suprisingly, though, it's not music people are downloading from these sites, it's porn. But the music that is downloaded is causing significant worry to the good bastard pen pushers on the 100th floor of the recording empire. They can't afford their ivory backscratchers anymore. Madonna is joining the fight, God knows why, and instead of her latest song being leaked to the net ahead of time, what the avid fans actually got was five minutes of Madonna swearing and abusing song file traders. In retort, hackers defaced her websites, giving links to the REAL song. Nice try, but it's never a wise idea to piss off computer nerds. Especially computer nerds who are fans of Madonna, as they obviously have no taste to save themselves. Who knows what they are capible of. Regardless and not dishearted, Apple have come to save the day, by introducing a PTP system which is not free, but very cheap. Well. Do I download this new song for free, or do i pay for it? I can see how this is going to 'curb' music 'theft' online. Actually I can't, that was my pitiful attempt at sarcasm, ladies and gentlemen. Hurrah to Apple, Hurrah to Madonna (for having a sense of humour, twisted though it may be), a big fat "BOO" to those in the recording indistry. I can see you staring at me from the 100th floor, laughing at all the commoners with no money. Just so you know, smoking tobacco rolled in hundred dollar bills doesn't make you cool. So fuck off and let the artists play their songs. You can have your ivory backscratchers next year, if you save up, like the rest of us.